Laravel / Symfony API Development
API development for Laravel and Symfony: REST API, API architecture, authentication, authorization, API versioning, validation, pagination, filtering, sorting, rate limiting, error handling, integrations, third-party APIs and API documentation, including RPC → REST migration.
Your API wasn't designed for the clients it now has to serve
Typical situations I help with:
- endpoints grew organically and no longer follow a consistent pattern;
- mobile apps, SPAs and third parties need the same data in different shapes;
- there's no versioning, so every change risks breaking a client;
- authentication and authorization are inconsistent across endpoints;
- validation is scattered and error responses vary from route to route;
- pagination, filtering and sorting behave differently on each resource;
- there's no rate limiting, so one bad client can take down the API;
- error handling is ad-hoc and hard to debug from the client side;
- integrations with third-party APIs are brittle and undocumented;
- there is no API documentation, so every new consumer has to guess.
If any of this sounds familiar, you don't need to rewrite the whole API. You need a developer who can design a clean, consistent API contract, modernize the endpoints behind it and document everything so clients can integrate without guesswork — without breaking what already works.
What I can do for your project
API development for Laravel and Symfony — designed to be consumed
I build REST APIs that are consistent, versioned, documented and easy to consume — whether you're designing a new API from scratch or modernizing an existing one. I also migrate older API styles (including RPC-style endpoints) to clean REST, resource-oriented contracts, gradually and without breaking existing consumers.
Work typically covers:
- REST API — resource-oriented endpoints with consistent naming and behavior;
- API architecture — clear layers, contracts and boundaries between clients and backend;
- Authentication — tokens, OAuth, sessions and refresh flows;
- Authorization — roles, permissions and policy-based access per endpoint;
- API versioning — versioned contracts that let you evolve without breaking clients;
- Validation — consistent request validation with clear, structured error responses;
- Pagination, filtering, sorting — uniform rules across every resource;
- Rate limiting — protecting the API from abuse and noisy clients;
- Error handling — predictable error formats and useful debug information;
- Integrations and third-party APIs — consuming and exposing APIs reliably;
- API documentation — OpenAPI/Swagger or similar, kept in sync with the code;
- RPC → REST migration — gradual migration of legacy RPC-style endpoints to REST.
The goal isn't just "an API". It's an API that clients can build against without surprises, that your team can evolve safely and that third parties can integrate with from documentation alone.
Why me
I have 4+ years of commercial experience with Laravel, Symfony and Vue.js, and I work as a Georgian IE on a remote B2B basis — clear contracts, invoices and communication. I focus on business results, not just code, and keep the process transparent with clear estimates and predictable delivery.
I've migrated real production APIs from RPC-style endpoints to clean REST contracts — gradually, without downtime and without breaking existing clients. That experience is exactly what this service is built on. I work on a small number of projects at a time, so you get direct communication, fast feedback and a developer who treats your API as a long-term contract, not a one-off deliverable.
- Full-stack experience: Laravel / Symfony / Vue.js
- 4+ years of commercial development
- Georgian IE — easy B2B cooperation
- Remote workflow with clear communication
- Real experience migrating RPC-style APIs to REST
- Transparent estimates and predictable delivery
- REST API
- API architecture
- Authentication
- Authorization
- API versioning
- Validation
- Pagination
- Filtering
- Sorting
- Rate limiting
- Error handling
- Integrations
- Third-party APIs
- API documentation
- RPC → REST migration
From first call to delivery.
Discuss requirements
Clarify consumers, contracts and constraints.
Design the API contract
Resources, endpoints, payloads and versioning.
Propose approach and estimate
Plan, priorities and timeline.
Implement
Endpoints, auth, validation, pagination, rate limiting.
Document and test
OpenAPI docs, tests and integration checks.
Support and evolve
Version upgrades, migrations and improvements.
Frequently asked questions
01 Can you design a new API from scratch?
Yes. I design the API contract, resources, endpoints, versioning, auth and error model before implementation, so clients can build against it without surprises.
02 Can you modernize an existing API?
Yes. I regularly modernize existing APIs — cleaning up inconsistent endpoints, adding versioning, improving auth and validation, and adding documentation.
03 Can you migrate an RPC-style API to REST?
Yes. I've done exactly this in production: migrating RPC-style endpoints to clean REST contracts gradually, without downtime and without breaking existing clients.
04 Do you provide API documentation?
Yes. I document APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger or similar tooling, kept in sync with the implementation so clients can integrate from docs alone.
05 What is your cooperation model?
Remote B2B via Georgian IE. Hourly, fixed project or monthly retainer — depending on the scope.
Need a Laravel or Symfony API developer?
Tell me what you're building and I'll help you identify the next step.